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AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.

The Notes of the Oricutal Bank Corporation; the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China; the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in circulation during the year ending 31st December, 1874, were in amount as follows:-

Oriental Bank.

Mercantile Bank.

Bank of | India, Australia and China

Hongkong and Shanghai

Bank.

$

+

January,

506,825

765,226

490,270

1,589,573

February,

369,375

769,670

575,523

1,787,662

March....

280,811

750,440

505,121

1,814,014

April,

452,458

089,670

532,483

1,600,842

May,

512,072

697,723

517,585

1,466,679

D

June,

358,815

749,750

538,423

1,478,075

July,

438,853

740,106

451,795

1,088,510

August,

421,680

701,073

425,350

1,438,404

September,

458,073

758,980

483,140

1,494,999

1

October,

683,703

678,254

509,617

1,390,879

November,

December,

521,416

732,499

492,706

1,641,250

322,598

751,102

581,450

1,919,973

Total,......

5,328,185

8,785,093

6,103,478

18,747,562

ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.

The Accounts of the Colonial Government were formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862 they have been kept in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for

the Colonies.

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The Accounts of the Mercantile Establishments are and have been always kept in Dollars.

WEIGHTS.

English Standard Weights are employed in the Colony, and also the following Chinese:-

Tael,

Stone,

579.84 Grains Troy,

120 catties,

石

Leung.

雨

Shek.

Tacl,..

Mace,

100 catties.....

Picul,

ог

or

担

57.984 Grains,

Tsin.

1334lbs.,

Tám.

Candareen,

16 Teels,.

or

1ib.,

Catty,

Mace,.

斤

Fan.

兩錢分

Kan.